Art Institute of Atlanta

[merfwin]

This is my first quarter here at AIA i was wondering if any other Import Atlanta members go here??

[BKgen®]

AiA FTL.

i go there lol.

[DevilK9]

I wish I could afford to go there, but alas....I'm broke.

[merfwin]

lol i kno u do! we need to meet up on the top deck! did u kno tracy from batlground goes there? shes in my class

[BKgen®]

lol i kno u do! we need to meet up on the top deck! did u kno tracy from batlground goes there? shes in my class

what the fcuk are you serious??? lol i had no idea.

[Lucky DAWG]

lol i kno u do! we need to meet up on the top deck! did u kno tracy from batlground goes there? shes in my class

sounds like a trap...



sexual predator

[BKgen®]

sounds like a trap...



sexual predator

i'd be more scared if he said under the deck

[merfwin]

sounds like a trap...



sexual predator

lol damn! cought me

[Nittanys1]

AIA FTW!

[DrivenMind]

I went there, tis where I honed my photography.

Unfortunately I didn't have a good experience. My teachers were ****ty, and a couple were stupid.
Two couldn't speak English.

I sat in on two classes with my friend over at Georgia State, and I kinda got a taste for what it was like to have teachers who are really trying to teach, and involve their students. AIA does have some state of the art techno gadgetry though...

Also only the culinary program at the Art Institute of Atlanta is accredited, and I'm not about to give them anymore money for a degree a future employer isn't going to recognize.

[Tracy]

I went there, tis where I honed my photography.

Unfortunately I didn't have a good experience. My teachers were ****ty, and a couple were stupid.
Two couldn't speak English.

I sat in on two classes with my friend over at Georgia State, and I kinda got a taste for what it was like to have teachers who are really trying to teach, and involve their students. AIA does have some state of the art techno gadgetry though...

Also only the culinary program at the Art Institute of Atlanta is accredited, and I'm not about to give them anymore money for a degree a future employer isn't going to recognize.

The Art Institute of Atlanta is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, telephone 404.679.4500), the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER) for the B.F.A. in interior design, the American Culinary Federation (ACF) for the A.A. in culinary arts. The school is licensed by the State of Georgia and is HOPE scholarship eligible.


http://www.sacscoc.org/details.asp?instid=13440

Institution Details

Institution Name: The Art Institute of Atlanta
CEO: Dr. Janet S. Day
Title: President
Address 1: 6600 Peachtree Dunwoody Road
Address 2: 100 Embassy Row
City: Atlanta State: GA Zip: 30328-1635
Country:
Institution Phone: (770) 394-8300
Level: II
Status: Accredited
Public Sanctions: NONE
Candidate: 01/01/81
Accredited: 1985
Reaffirmed: 2000
Next Reaffirmation: 2010
Control: Private For-profit
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Level refers to the highest degree offered by an institution.

* Level I - Associate Degree, Level II - Baccalaureate Degree,
* Level III - Master's Degree, Level IV - Master's Degree and Education Specialist Degree,
* Level V - 3 or fewer Doctoral Degrees, Level VI - 4 or more Doctoral Degrees.

[james]

i go there.


hey drivenmind, which teachers were you not so pleased with? i can name off a few as well, and im in the same boat as you, except i am not leaving there without a degree.

[13Bracer]

hmm interesting..
i will either attend starting aug, 21st or oct 6th.. dont know which date i will start though..prolly oct 6th

[93_db2]

SCAD FTW.

[merfwin]

SCAD lost there acredidation.. iono how to spell!!

SO AIA FTMFW

[Revmaynard]

Yea, SCAD is cool. But with no accreditation, fck it. AIA is a good school to my knowledge.

[Tracy]

SCAD is Accredited by the Southern Association of colleges and schools,
http://www.scad.edu/atlanta/about/accreditation.cfm

The Savannah College of Art and Design
Web Site State: GA
Status: Accredited
Public Sanctions: NONE
Level: III
Additional Info Dr. Rudy Jackson
Contact Info

But not by NASAD, National Association of Schools of
Art and Design http://nasad.arts-accredit.org/

AIA recently acquired their NASAD accreditation. The more accreditations a school has, the more weight their degree carries when you go to get a job.

[flak_monkey]

I was an Atlanta College of Art student until ****ing SCAD bought our school. I finished my BFA in computer animation at SCAD Atlanta this past week, and I have to say, now that they have the best professors from ACA, they really are a decent school.

Honestly, and I know this from experience, potential employers could give half a **** about where your degree came from if your portfolio or demo reel is top notch.

Believe me, I know plenty of Ringling students waiting tables. They've got NASAD.

[BKgen®]

I was an Atlanta College of Art student until ****ing SCAD bought our school. I finished my BFA in computer animation at SCAD Atlanta this past week, and I have to say, now that they have the best professors from ACA, they really are a decent school.

Honestly, and I know this from experience, potential employers could give half a **** about where your degree came from if your portfolio or demo reel is top notch.

Believe me, I know plenty of Ringling students waiting tables. They've got NASAD.

ding ding ding, we have a winner

[Tracy]

I was an Atlanta College of Art student until ****ing SCAD bought our school. I finished my BFA in computer animation at SCAD Atlanta this past week, and I have to say, now that they have the best professors from ACA, they really are a decent school.

Honestly, and I know this from experience, potential employers could give half a **** about where your degree came from if your portfolio or demo reel is top notch.

Believe me, I know plenty of Ringling students waiting tables. They've got NASAD.

Funny, cause all the employers I have met care about accreditation. I guess it depends on the job you want. I am in Advertising/PR/Marketing so it makes more sense for that field, I guess, rather than a graphic designer or a painter or illustrator.....? To me those things are based more on having that eye or natural artistic talent. BUT If you are a crap employee/designer/whatever then you are a crap employee/designer/whatever, that's obvious; then accreditation or not doesn't matter. TRUST that when it comes to a boss having 100 resumes to look through, the school matters...... no matter what you say. If your school sucks and everyone knows it, you may not ever get to show your portfolio. Or if your school isn't accredited and the other 99 resumes went to schools that are, they might just toss your resume in the trash before you get to show your portfolio. It's a weeding process. Also, for some larger corporate companies it's required as part of their policy to hire people from accredited schools.

I wonder what the students of Clayton County have to say about accreditation LOL. Not funny, but still a point to be made. That will be a scar for them for a while.

[flak_monkey]

What'd I win? I hope it's a taco.

[SixSquared]

That's the beautiful thing about art schools and art careers... graduating with a 4.0 from a school that's accredited out the ying yang means nothing if your portfolio isn't amazing. And I say amazing because in today's world, you pretty much have to be the best of the best. You have to bring something to the table that others can't. Your portfolio shows that (or in some cases doesn't show it lol).

I went to SCAD for two years, but left because their program wasn't what I was looking for. I changed majors and came back to UGA.

[uproot]

i start back in oct can't wait to graduate and get on with the damn thing

[flak_monkey]

AIA is the ****ing McDonalds of art colleges. Just like SCAD, they will take just about anybody. I got half a free ride at ACA and a huge scholarship at Ringling for their computer animation program. It ALL comes down to talent. If you have a hundred resumes to sort through, I can see your point. You are right. But I will tell you one thing, I will never be turned down for a job just because of my diploma. That's something colleges tell you to get you to go there. I had to make a very difficult decision when deciding to go to either SCADATL or Ringling and when I chose SCAD, I knew that the deciding factor wouldn't be my diploma. It would be my portfolio and my demo reel. The animation industry isn't easy to break into, and for good reason. There are a lot of extremely talented people in it already, the market is flooded with degrees from places like SCAD and AIA.

Believe me, i think that ACA was the superior talent base, but it wasn't because of their accreditation, it's because of their admissions requirements. See how far all the talk about accreditation will get you when you are trying to make it as an artist. You will end up being bitter and angry, and without a pot to piss in. Your talents won't amount to **** if you are on such a high horse about the school you graduated from that people can't stand to be in your presence for more than five minutes. It's all about being humble.

[Tracy]

AIA is the ****ing McDonalds of art colleges. Just like SCAD, they will take just about anybody. I got half a free ride at ACA and a huge scholarship at Ringling for their computer animation program. It ALL comes down to talent. If you have a hundred resumes to sort through, I can see your point. You are right. But I will tell you one thing, I will never be turned down for a job just because of my diploma. That's something colleges tell you to get you to go there. I had to make a very difficult decision when deciding to go to either SCADATL or Ringling and when I chose SCAD, I knew that the deciding factor wouldn't be my diploma. It would be my portfolio and my demo reel. The animation industry isn't easy to break into, and for good reason. There are a lot of extremely talented people in it already, the market is flooded with degrees from places like SCAD and AIA.

Believe me, i think that ACA was the superior talent base, but it wasn't because of their accreditation, it's because of their admissions requirements. See how far all the talk about accreditation will get you when you are trying to make it as an artist. You will end up being bitter and angry, and without a pot to piss in. Your talents won't amount to **** if you are on such a high horse about the school you graduated from that people can't stand to be in your presence for more than five minutes. It's all about being humble.

I'm talking about accreditation in general. I have to admit, I am new to the whole art deal, and I wouldn't consider myself and artist (so you may be right about the McDonald's reference, but what do I know). I would consider myself a business woman trying to gain some more skills to market my business better and for less money. I am taking up PR, not graphic design....so I personally won't be bitter about anything but I do get your point. If you were looking for an argument out of me, you aren't going to get one. I agree with the fact that if you have a shi.tty eye and ****ty art then it doesn't really matter. They'll find that out after the first or second or whatever weeding process once they finally get to look at your portfolio. Like I already mentioned, to me it's more about a weeding process from the jump. You need to have as many boxes checked off as you can. If you turn out to be a shi.tty whatever you apply for regardless of your degree and where it comes from you may not have a pot to piss in. That's called life. There is A LOT more than accreditation that comes into account when it comes to getting a good job. That's obvious. We just happen to be talking about accreditations so far and it is a factor, not saying it's the only one and some other things may outweigh that factor Internships/experience, grades, personality, recommendations, attire, portfolio......are all factors, it goes on and on and most of it having nothing to do with accreditation. Either way, I'm on the same page with ya bud

[DrivenMind]

I'm talking about accreditation in general. I have to admit, I am new to the whole art deal, and I wouldn't consider myself and artist (so you may be right about the McDonald's reference, but what do I know). I would consider myself a business woman trying to gain some more skills to market my business better and for less money.

Well said. All of AIA's stuff is start of the art, and since they're now accredited it's probably a great place to start. Truth be told (bad teachers aside) my experience probably would have been different if I knew for sure what I wanted to do, and could have commuted to school without having to rely on a transit system established in 71.

Using Marta to get around Atlanta, while carrying 15K worth of camera **** loaned to you by the school, was a bit of a scary experience.

Unfortunately I found the teachers to be average, and couldn't really do photography assignments with a suspended drivers license. My major just happened to be one that you really needed to have your own car to get the results needed.

It's great if you know what you're there for, and you know what you want, but an art school isn't a good place to start college if you not totally sure what you want to do. A lot of the classes are so specific that a lot of them won't transfer to other schools.

No arguing though, the school did make me a better photographer. I just realized too little too late, that I wasn't really sure I wanted to be one.

A few of my friends go to SCAD, and from what I hear it is an amazing school. Plus at the Atlanta campus, the top level of the parking deck, overlooking the city is a great place to take a little "smoke" break at night, and just watch the wheels turn.

[flak_monkey]

Don't get it twisted though. I think SCAD Savannah is a mother****ing joke. They are a party school. Hands down. At least the people i meet from AIA are, on the majority, motivated to do something. Not just to piss away daddy's money because they don't want to get a real job and like to doodle.

[uproot]

Don't get it twisted though. I think SCAD Savannah is a mother****ing joke. They are a party school. Hands down. At least the people i meet from AIA are, on the majority, motivated to do something. Not just to piss away daddy's money because they don't want to get a real job and like to doodle.

lol, reps for making me laugh, that was funny

never met anyone from scad, but i agree on the AIA part, all my friends that go there have a good head on their shoulders

[SixSquared]

Don't get it twisted though. I think SCAD Savannah is a mother****ing joke. They are a party school. Hands down. At least the people i meet from AIA are, on the majority, motivated to do something. Not just to piss away daddy's money because they don't want to get a real job and like to doodle.

See here's the funny thing about that, though... if that's all you think about SCAD, then you have a very, VERY slim cross section of the population. Sure, there are the kids there who are pissing away money and bull****ting around, but SCAD is NOT easy. It's just like any school... you get out of it what you put into it... EVERY school has people who think it's a joke, that it will be easy like high school and they're just there to party and get some piece of paper that will be used as a beer coaster. From Ivy League to community colleges you find people like that. But on the other hand, you have people who take their education VERY seriously, and who take advantage of the opportunities provided to them by whatever school they attend. There's some AMAZING talent going into SCAD as well as coming out, and there's mediocre talent going in that comes out amazing. It's all in how hard the person works. So think about that before you go making generalizing statements. I'm not saying SCAD is the best place in the world, but don't put it down as being just a "party school" when there's some amazing work coming out of the place.

[13Bracer]

yay i just started mid quarter...
damn got class at 12 tomorrow...=(

[sararose]

I went to the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in NYC. I was in their Computer Art program, which consisted of 3D Animation and Modeling major and a Dynamic Media, aka. motion graphics, compositing, roto, effects, etc. Their accrediation taken directly from their website:

The School of Visual Arts is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. The Commission on Higher Education is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation.

SVA is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, and is a member of the International Association of Independent Schools for Art and Design, AIAS.

The thing I LOVE about that school was all their professors are some of the industries biggest names. You were basically being taught by your future bosses. It's great to have CURRENT working professionals as your facility because they are a great foot in the door. I got my first job at Psyop Inc. my second year into college because my Dynamic Media II professor was J.Bills, the lead compositor and rotoscoper for all the recent Peter Jackson movies (Lord of the Rings, King Kong, etc.) He taught me so much and helped me get my foot in the door at an early start! Soon after that, I was working and freelancing at a few production houses in New York, all because of my professors and the knowledge I got from them.

I really, REALLY recommend that school to any artist who is looking to make their art as a series, and successful career.

[b18cCuzz]

i go there. pretty good so far. we will see. expensive though.

[merfwin]

Oo Kool yall seen that green civic wit red wheels?

[Tree]

i'm there right now.. 5th floor.. i hate psychology !!!

[13Bracer]

i'm there right now.. 5th floor.. i hate psychology !!!

booo
me to... 2nd floor intro to design...

[Tree]

lol when do you get out of class? did you drive your fd?

[13Bracer]

lol when do you get out of class? did you drive your fd?

um around 4 but then i go straight into my next class till 7:30....which means no break

nope the FD needs a new tranny.. had to drive the dd

[Tree]

damn that sucks i get out around 4. then i jump on 400 and wait. that sucks about the fd, its clean

[BKgen®]

LOL @ aia n00bs.

[13Bracer]

LOL @ aia n00bs.

LOL at AIA slackers